{"product_id":"sustainable-resilient-free-the-future-of-public-higher-education-paperback","title":"Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe coronavirus pandemic laid bare the unsustainability of our public higher education system. In \u003ci\u003eSustainable. Resilient. Free.\u003c\/i\u003e, author and educator John Warner maps out a path for change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1983, \u003ci\u003eU.S. News and World Report\u003c\/i\u003e started to rank colleges and universities, throwing them into competition with each other for students and precious resources. Over the course of the next thirty or so years, a Reagan-era ethos of privatization and competition transformed students into consumers and colleges into businesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, tuition is unaffordable. Student loan debt is more than $1.6 trillion, and a majority of college faculty work in adjunct positions for low pay and with no job security. Colleges seem to exist only to enroll students, collect tuition, and hold classes. When learning happens, it is in spite of the system, not because of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSustainable. Resilient. Free.\u003c\/i\u003e, John Warner (\u003ci\u003eWhy They Can't Write\u003c\/i\u003e) envisions a future in which our public colleges and universities are reoriented around enhancing the intellectual, social, and economic potentials of students while providing broad-based benefits to the community at large. As Warner explains, it's not even all that complicated. It's no more costly than the current system. We just have to choose to live the values we claim to hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA critical read for anyone invested in the future of public higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Warner\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, speaker, teacher, and consultant. Since 2001, he's held a series of teaching positions at four different institutions, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Virginia Tech, Clemson University and College of Charleston, where he currently holds the title of faculty affiliate. Warner writes the Just Visiting blog at \u003cem\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/em\u003e, where he has become a national voice on issues of faculty labor and writing pedagogy. He also writes a weekly column for the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e on books and reading as his alter ego, The Biblioracle. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.25 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44294778355814,"sku":"9781948742955","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/6RlA262CGd9781948742955.webp?v=1767048939","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/sustainable-resilient-free-the-future-of-public-higher-education-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}